11and I have nourished thee there — for yet are five years of famine — lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.


In Context

8 and now, ye — ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

9 'Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,

10 and thou hast dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near unto me, thou and thy sons, and thy son's sons, and thy flock, and thy herd, and all that thou hast,

11 and I have nourished thee there — for yet are five years of famine — lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.

12 And lo, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth which is speaking unto you;

13 and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.'

Genesis 45:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:11And there will I nourish thee; for yet [there are] five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

45:11I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

45:11And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining,) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

45:11and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:11And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

45:11and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:11And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, should come to poverty.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:11There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.|'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:11And there will I nourish you; for yet there are five years of famine; lest you, and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.